Cottage Enrichment is a progressive Preschool/Kindergarten known for its extraordinary Art Work. Art projects are taught one-on-one so that each child has the opportunity to discover their own inner artist, rather than being influenced by their classmates. As well, the teacher’s final project is not shown to the students until they have each completed their own project, only the tools and how to use the tools are part of the introduction. After all of the students have completed, an “Art Show” ensues! The ooos and ahhhs are genuine as each artist discovers how his artist friend created using the same tools!

16 – CHANGO Coffee – 1559 Echo Park Ave

STARS AT NIGHT – BAND/ LIVE MUSIC — www.facebook.com/STARSATNIGHTBAND1

17 – El Batey #2 – 1557 Echo Park Ave

Sidewalk CHalk Art Site

18 – Flounce – 1555 Echo Park Ave

Featuring Vardo Tarot and Clara’s Cakes

19 – Tavin – 1543 Echo Park Ave

Live Music, Live Art Works

Showcasing: Live Music by NATHAN STEIN, Live Knitting Demonstration by Artist KERRY REGAN, and ANNE SCHWARZ will be creating one-of-a-kind yarn on a spinning wheel, using natural and recycled materials.

20 – Blue Collar Working Dog – 1533 Echo Park Avenue

Sidewalk CHalk Art Site, Fine Art Exhibit

“FREE POETRY” a community art project called Typewriter Poetry by poet Billimarie, writing free poems for complete strangers on the spot at the art walk!!

22 – Kien Giang Bakery – 1471 Echo Park Ave

Venues along Sunset Blvd:

23 – Hutch Vintage – 1461 1/2 Sunset Blvd

Showcasing: Echo Manor (aka Claudia Choi and Ben Adrian) will perform a live ukulele and guitar cover set entitled “AM Gold” covering classic soft rock hits. Guitar vs Gravity (aka Ben Adrian) will perform live original music. Emily Hutcheson will display original fine art. Complimentary snacks and drinks in the shop during live music sets.

Giving away free handmade original screen prints!

(Xst Laveta Terrace)

24 – Villainy General Store – 1519 Sunset Blvd

Sidewalk CHalk Art Site, Fine Art Exhibit, Specials Discount

*Art Scavenger Hunt

Villainy is proud to be working with local EP artist Sean Lambert. Sean is creating 15-20 original art pieces which will be hidden all around Echo Park. The people who find them, get to keep them. They are also encouraged to Tweet their location #EchoParkArtWalk. They will also get a .90026% discount at Villainy. Sean will also chalk-up some cool designs, live, in front of the shop. Some snacks and refreshments will also be made available.

25 – Bear Cat – 1532 Sunset Blvd

Sidewalk CHalk Art Site, Live Music, Live Performance Art, Discounts

Music Performances:

1:30-2:30pm THE HAPPY CASUALTIES

3-4pm DAMIEN C. TAYLOR (th’ sounds of kaleidoscope, flash hits!)

4:30-5:30pm FILTHY HUNS, Nick of Daughters of the Sun

Live Art Works by: BRAIN BLOTS-psychedelic light and color display with oil projections

10% Off All Vintage!

26 – Lot 1 cafe – 1533 Sunset Blvd

Fine Art Exhibit, Music, Specials, Food/Drinks, Record Truck

*Goes Beyond Art Walk Hours

Showcasing: Artists JOSEPH PRICE, JUSTIN KIZZART, MIKE THACKSON

Specials: $10 Endless Mimosas, $2 PBR, Angel City Brewery

27 – Sunday’s Best & sanchO Gallery – 1549 Sunset Blvd

Join us for one of many happy days curated by Dani Collins and Denise Rodart in continuous support of art, education and community. Thanks to the many artists and art fans that constantly contribute to sanchO’s supported events, to Sunday’s Best who has sponsored sanchO since arriving in echo park at the end of twenty 11 and to Heather Mendoza for sparking up another free day to celebrate all art.

28 – Ballard’s Artwork Framing – 1568 Sunset Blvd

29 – El Clasico Tattoo – 1610 Sunset Blvd

Fine Art Exhibit

Stop by and check out the art and tattoos at El Clasico Tattoo on Sunset & Echo Park Ave. Original hand-painted custom artwork as well as photography, flash, and tattoos portfolios will be on display for your viewing pleasures…and did we mention we will have cookies and candy!

39 – Rafa’s Lounge Art Gallery – 1836 Sunset Blvd

LANDS features 4 artists from different backgrounds, who have put their art together in order to share their cultural narratives. From painted portraits and digital sunsets to intricate iconography and pencil line drawings, these artists use images as their voice. Their mediums and subjects vary, but the universal truths of diversity and community remain evident and beautiful.

(Xst Glendale Blvd)

40 – Echo Park Film Center – 1200 N Alvarado Street

Several local and visiting artists will present in-progress or recently completed works in an informal screening with brief introductions by the artists and time for discussion between each work. William E. Jones will present Joy in Repetition, a lecture / performance addressing the relationship between artists Peter Roehr and Charlotte Posenenske, and the gallerist Paul Maenz. The performance will include a selection of Roehr’s film montages, along with Jones’ own Film Montages (for Peter Roehr), an appropriated video work that also takes simple repetition as its first principle, arranging fragments of gay porn films into a musical composition at once austere and erotic. San Francisco-based Irwin Swirnoff will perform we r bodies, using his short films, still photos and creative non-fiction, Irwin creates an intimate & immediate setting where he explores sexuality, romance, longing, anguish, pain, and resilience. Stephen van Dyck’s show Customer Care airs on Los Angeles artist-run radio station KChung Radio. Through an episodic narrative of van Dyck’s own defaulted loans, debts and bills, he calls debt collectors, telemarketers and customer service agents and talks with them about each other’s personal lives. In one touching episode, a AAA agent in Dallas rings in the new year with van Dyck over the phone, wishing each other good luck in the new year for each other’s creative careers. In others, van Dyck’s curiosity and questions reveal a Costa Rican Time Warner Cable agent who has been to the jungle and seen jaguars and toucans, a cruise line booking agent who can’t afford to take vacations, and a young mother in a new city trying to make friends while her husband is fighting in Afghanistan. Rick Bahto will perhaps show Room Film, a short Super 8 film looking at his filthy bedroom.

43 – deKor – 2145 Sunset Blvd

Discover a whimsical assortment of Swedish-American interior furnishings that are hand-picked and curated with a sense of happiness and eclectic style in mind.

44 – iam8bit – 2147 Sunset Blvd

Sidewalk CHalk Art Site, Fine Art Exhibit, Kids Zone

Showcasing: “Its The ShizNICK show: Remembering the Good Ol’ Days of the Network That Ruled Our Youth” Nickelodeon Tribute – Group Show – Ink, Acrylic, Oils, Digital, Graphite and beyond — Limited edition prints and originals.

45 – Kellygreen – 2149 Sunset Blvd

Live Art Works

Our tribute to the Echo Park Art Walk will be an art work in progress throughout the day in the front window done by YOU! We will have art supplies and miscellaneous items or you can supply your own. Reclaimed and Repurposed art pieces will be on display inside the store by local artists. Refreshments will be served. Join us for High Design, Low Impact. www.KellygreenHome.com

46 – Luxe de Ville – 2157 Sunset Blvd

Sidewalk CHalk Art Site, Fine Art Exhibit

Showcasing: Original Screen Prints by Leopoldo Villegas

On Mohawk St:

47 – Gentlemans Breakfast – 1101 Mohawk St

Fine Art Exhibit

Opticians who specialize in vintage eyeglasses, sunglasses, repairs, and various gentlemanly accessories.

2 – You are solely responsible for showcasing artworks (which could include, but not limited to: photography, paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, graphic designs, live music, live performances, live painting/drawing…) and possible special event day discounts

(Need help with finding Artists? Artist Submission Form available upon request)

Submit your Art to Venues participating in the Echo Park Art Walk

If you are an Artist/Musician/Performer and would like to be considered for showcasing your work, please fill out the Artist Submission Form (the link is below) and submit before *Monday APRIL 1, 2013 which will be accessible to participating Venues for the Art Walk.

The form is to help connect artists to participating venues for this year’s art walk (there is not a current available list of venues, this is to help venues discover artists)

“Public Displays of Art” – a sidewalk exhibition of art, music and live performances

FREE Event for ALL Ages!

The sidewalks of Echo Park Avenue + Sunset Boulevard will turn into a creative and playful landscape where art enthusiasts, community members, families and anyone dropping in will be able to enjoy “Public Displays of Art” on Saturday April 20, 2013 from 12-6pm. All are welcome to take part on this sidewalk “Art hop” bonanza of local artists, musicians and performers with local shops, restaurants and boutiques offering special promotions for attending patrons.

The mission behind this event is to “connect and celebrate community” and to share the neighborhood culture with locals and visitors alike. In collaboration with Friends of Elysian Heights Elementary School’s “Art & Music Festival,” this year’s event is made possible by support from local businesses, schools, artists, musicians, neighborhood organizations, community members and residents.

Traveling by Bus? The #2 bus goes all the way through (east and west) Sunset every 20-30 mins. Take the #2 to Echo Park.

The DASH goes from Echo Park/Sunset all the way up Echo Park Ave.

Parking: There is only street parking for this event (residential and metered) Please DO NOT block driveways of resident’s homes and businesses. There is also metered parking below Sunset behind the businesses (Echo Park Ave to Lemoyne St).

The Beauty Box – 1498 W Sunset Blvd #5
Mention “Artwalk” to receive 10% off all products. Featuring the works of long time Echo Park resident Bill Rangel.
213-250-1515beautyboxechopark.com

The Big Parade – 2pm Meet at Elysian Heights Elementary School (NW corner of Baxter/Echo Park Avenue.)
Led by Dan Koeppel. Day 1, May 19: Join this Adventure starting at the famous Angel’s Flight Stairway and finishing at the Hollywood Sign above Beachwood Canyon. See art and climb stairs, a five mile loop that includes 20 public stairways, along with visits to the neighborhood’s historic art landmarks, including the former cabin residences of pioneering Echo Park artists Paul Landacre and Edward Middleton Manigault, who literally died to preserve the purity of his work. You will be able to come and go as you please, so there are options with fewer stairways and as short as one mile. Day 2, May 20: Start at the famous music Music Box Stairs – site of the Oscar-winning Laurel & Hardy film of the same name – in Silverlake.www.bigparadela.com

City Sip – 2150 W Sunset Blvd
Featuring the artwork of John Skalicky in our ART FOR THE PEOPLE series. John, a native Los Angeleno, is well known for his photography (www.skalickyphoto.com). The current show is a slight departure from his photography and features whimsical chalk drawings of people….sure to make you chuckle! Come by for a glass of wine and be amused! 10% off all artwork the night of ART WALK!

Kellygreen Home – 2149 W. Sunset Blvd.
Green Lifestyle Boutique that has a wide array of environmentally friendly homegoods that are “high design, low impact”. Come in and mention this at the register and receive a 10% discount.
213.353.0488www.KellygreenHome.com

Luxe de Ville – 2157 sunset blvd.
A boutique that features local and not so local jewelry designers and a mix collection of vintage, new & designer clothing for men and women. Featuring artist Saint Virgin Peter.
Mon.sat. Noon-7
213 353-0135
Luxedeville@yahoo.com

Miss Vegucation – at The Dogshow 1930 Echo Park Ave
12-3pm Get Bikini Season ready with Kacy Franzen Holistic Health Coaching for those interested in Vegan, Vegetarian, or a more Veggie-friendly way of life!

The Park Restaurant – 1400 W Sunset Blvd
Neighborhood bistro. Saturday brunch 10am -2pm; Dinner at 5:30. BAR OPEN during Art Walk $1 off all beer/ wine by the glass 12 to 6pm! Works by local artists for sale.
213-482-9209thepark1400sunset.com

Rewind Audio – 1041 N Alvarado St
Located just south of Sunset on Alvarado Street, Rewind Audio offers affordable Audio Electronics, Used Vinyl, and Instruments from the 1970’s-1990’s. If you are looking for Quality Turntables, Vintage Receivers and Speakers, we have a strong selection for you to choose from, with an inventory that is constantly changing. Come and enjoy Live Music! Mention Artwalk to receive 10% off.
213.273.8904 RewindAudio.com

To help promote the ART WALK by passing out flyers & maps before the event and the day of the event, being a guide to help people find their way event day, as well as having fun and experiencing the art walk, too! Please email to sign up: Heather@ArtNeedsFreedom.com